Ducks right wing Corey Perry got an unexpected perk for becoming the NHL’s first 50-goal scorer this season and a formidable most-valuable-player candidate. When the team’s practice ended Thursday, Perry had a new personal valet in the locker room to...

The Ducks, who still need two points to clinch a playoff spot, might have to play their biggest game of the season without the goalie who unexpectedly saved them when Jonas Hiller was felled by vertigo. Ray Emery, who suffered...

Former Ducks winger Paul Kariya, who took last season off to recover from the latest in a string of concussions, announced his retirement Wednesday and had some strong words for the NHL’s weak and inconsistent system for punishing blows to...

Forward Colin Fraser, acquired by the Kings last week in the once-reconfigured trade that sent Ryan Smyth back to the Edmonton Oilers, was found to have an unhealed fracture in his ankle and a cyst that will require surgery. Since...

Despite their protests to the contrary, the Kings are seriously pursuing premier free agent forward Brad Richards. A delegation from the Kings that includes Tim Leiweke — the chief executive of their parent company, AEG — General Manager...

The Ducks have acquired center Andrew Cogliano in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers, giving up a second-round draft pick in 2013. Cogliano has been with the Oilers since being drafted 25th overall in 2005 and has not missed a...

Ryan Getzlaf didnât need to have the captainâs C sewn on his uniform to be considered a leader on the Ducks. His voice has been audible for a while in their locker room and he wore the âAâ of an...

The Ducks have announced their season-opening roster. They placed forwards Joffrey Lupul (blood infection) and Jason Jaffray (knee) on the injured reserve list and designated defenseman Toni Lydman (double vision) as an injured non-roster player. A club spokes

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You often read about team-building or team-bonding in sports as a way to relieve the pressure of a grueling season. In the NHL, the prevailing theory among some coaches is that the more that players participate in team activities off...

The Chicago Blackhawks scored three goals within a six-minute, 45-second span of the third period Friday to beat the Ducks, 4-1, in the Honda Center, extending the Ducks' winless streak to six games. The Ducks' meltdown began with a terrible...

The Ducks are minus 836 NHL goals Sunday against Minnesota at the Honda Center. Teemu Selanne, with 616 goals to his credit, is sitting out for the seventh time in 11 games because of a strained groin muscle. Saku Koivu,...